Coordinator, Grants

**Employment Opportunity**:
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Coordinator, Grants & Community Development, Permanent Full-Time_**

Lac La Biche County is an organization driven by principles surrounding Excellence, Communication, Safety and Wellness, Collaboration, and Environmental Sustainability. Our employees enjoy the charm of working in the Lakeland Region, away from the hustle and bustle of the big city while still being able to enjoy a diverse, fast paced and fulfilling work environment. Our community is known to be one of the most diverse and unique communities in Alberta. Not only is it rich in history and culture, but it is also surrounded by forests, parks, lakes, and golden sand beaches

We continuously strive to remain an employer of choice by offering a strong health and safety program, competitive pay, amazing benefits, opportunities for professional development, as well as many wellness initiatives that support a work/life balance. We also take pride in maintaining high standards surrounding equity, diversity, and inclusion in our workplace.

**_Purpose of the position:_**

Reporting to and under the direction of the Officer, Grants and Community Development, the Coordinator maintains overall responsibility for the quality and timely delivery of services and advice within their area of responsibility: grants and community development. The role focuses on providing exceptional customer service while seeking solutions to complex problems with conflicting priorities.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Ensures grants and correspondence related to grants are documented and tracked, and that financial controls are followed.
- Delivers service excellence in communications and meetings with community groups.
- Provides regular status updates and reports as requested.
- Provides advice, support, and guidance within area of expertise to staff and serves on interdepartmental project teams and committees as required.
- Works with colleagues to identify and analyze emerging trends, issues and challenges specific to the funding required to achieve the County’s goals, and the external funding programs available or needed.
- Evaluates, and recommends funding opportunities (new grant revenue)
- May represent the County and its interests, or position on local committees or boards.
- Plans, promotes, delivers, and evaluates the County’s Community Grant programs, such as the Capital Projects Assistance Grant Program.
- Liaises with other departments regarding their requests from community organizations.
- Prepares, amends, and completes grant funding agreements between the County and grant recipients.
- Prepares year-end audit documents regarding the use of grant funds.
- Liaises with the Finance Department to reconcile payments of grant funding.
- Consolidates grants information to develop historical and comparative reports.

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Want to be a part of our County team?_**

To be successful in this position, you will possess:

- Degree or diploma in Business/Public Administration, Commerce, or a related field
- 3 to 5 years related work experience
- Knowledge of local government or public sector practices and procedures
- Knowledge of grant development, administration, life cycle, and grant writing
- Excellent knowledge of program, policy and procedure development
- Exceptional communication, interpersonal, public relations, conflict management, judgement, analytical, and problem solving skills.
- Computer skills in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams.

**Position Details**:

- Permanent full-time\
- $73,946.60 to $94,894.80 annually ($40.63 to $52.14 hourly)
- Based on 1820 hours annually with a 7 hour work day, Monday to Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Additional hours may be required in the evenings or weekends for special designated duties.
- Comprehensive benefits package - 15 vacation days, 12 personal health leave days, short term and long term disability 100% all employer paid Sunlife extended health and dental plan, LAPP municipal pension plan, all access pass to Bold Centre Multiplex & Pool, Employee & Family Assistance Program, Training & Development Opportunities, Personal/Health Spending Account

**Competition Number: 46-CGC-25**

We thank all interested applicants; however, only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.